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    An open letter to the federal Minister for Health from a general practitioner in outback Australia

    Susan M Wearne
    Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02692.x
    Published online: 20 July 2009

    The global financial crisis teaches us that systems like Medicare may have hidden long-term costs if they are based on short-term gains

    Dear Nic,
    Forgive my informality, but I have noticed that Australians like to shorten things — this even applies to Medicare.

    • Susan M Wearne1,2

    • 1 Alice Springs, NT.
    • 2 Rural Clinical School, Flinders University, Alice Springs, NT.

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